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MEMORIAL  COLLECTION 


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ESTABLISHED  BY 

THE  FAMILY  IN  HONOR  OF 

JOHN  S.  TERRY 

CLASS  OF  1918 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF 
NORTH  CAROLINA  LIBRARY 


UNIVERSITY  OF  N.C.  AT  CHAPEL  HILL 


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LUHON5 

BUSTERBRcWN 

BY 

R.F.  OUTCAVLT 


Copyright,  1906, 
By  Frederick  A.'  Stokes  Company 


Published  in  September,  1906 


Copyright,  1910, 
By  Outcault  Advertising  Company 


Contents 

r.  NEW  TEAR.         ■ 

II.  ILLUSTRATION  (OPTIMISM) 

III.  OPTIMISM 

IV.  THE  EXCUSE  MAKER- 

V.  TRUTH 

VI.  MUSIC 

VII.  NONSENSE 
VIII.   VALENTINES 

IX.  OUR,  LEVEL 

X.  WASHING  TON'S  BIRTHDAY 

XI.  KITES 

XII.  THE  MISSING  LINK 

XIII.  APRIL  FOOL'.S  DAY 

XIV.  NOTHING  GROWS  OLD 

XV.  BIRTHDAYS 

XVI.  LIFE  AND  HAPPINESS 
MIL  KINDNESS 

XVII).  PRAYER,, 
XIX.  GREATNESS 

xx.  wonderland 

XXI .  THE  LANGUAGE  OF  ANIMALS 

XXII.   FOOD 

XXUI.   DISPOSITION 

XXIV.    H05BIES. 

XXV.  JULY  FOURTH 

XXYI.  ADVICE 
XXV11.  ABOUT  CALVES 
XXVIII.  ILLUSTRATION  (SUPERSTITION) 

XXIX.  SUPERSTITION 

XXX.  ILLUSTRATION  (REGARDING  DAYS) 


CONTENTS 

XXXI.  REGARDING  DAY5 

XXXII.  SYLLOGISM 

XXXIII.  VARIETY 

XXXIV.  VAUDEVILLE 

XXXV.  ABOUT  MIXERS 
XXXVI.    SPANKINGS 
XXXVIJ.    AS  FOR  PIGS 

XXXV11I.  CARELESSNESS 

XXXIX.  DISHONESTY 

XL,  CHRISTIANITY 

XL).  BOXING 
XLIL  .SERVANTS 

XUfL  REGRET 

XLIV.  REGARDING  TURTLES 

XLV.  APPEARANCE 

XLVI.  SUCCESS 

XLVII.  THANKSGIVING 

XLVJII.  DRUGGISTS 

XLIX.  BELIEF 

L.  FORGETFULNESS 

LI.  THE  KICKER, 

LI1.  KEEPING  YOUR  WOfcD 

Llll.  FRIENDSHIP 

LIV.  IMAGINATION 

LV.  flSH 

LVL  A  STITCH  JN  TIME 

LVII.  WHY? 

LVm.  WATER 

LIX.  HEART-  BEATS 
IX.    CHRISTMAS 


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THAT  DURING  THE  COH1N6 
YEARJ  WILL  VEAR.  JAND-" 
PAPER,  SOLZSoulftSUOtS 
Ifl  MU5T  .SLIP  ANP  TALL  IT, 
WoNT  BE  ON  A  BANANA  5KIH 
THAT  I  FIXED  TOR-W^SEIX 
I  USED  To  BE  ABLEToREilST 
INYTHING5UTTEMPTATJON;- 
NoWMtfOlNG  To  RESIST  ~ 
THAT  THIS  YEAR.  I  AW 
domC  TO  MAKE  A  RIAL 

business  of  bong: 

HAPPY- 
NOTHING  IS  ANY  WORE 
IMPORTANT  THAN 
HAPPINESS., 

HAPPY  N£W  YEA'fc 
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ITS  ONLY  THE  DIFFERENCE  OF 
LETTEfc,VHICH  15  A§|G  DlFFE^ 
ItCVSZ  MAKER,  )5  THE  CHA, 
COME^CK  WITH  THE  Gc 
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Ton  The  END  OF  JT, 

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THAT  IFYOU ARE 
GOING  To  IN5I5T  ON 
BEING  TRUTHfUL.lEARN 

To  holt>"i&ur,  tongue  . 

THE  TRUTH  15  A  DANGERr 
-OUS  THING  AND  MUST  BE 
HANDLED  BY  A  MASTER- 
*  TRUTH  IS  MIGHTY  AND 
WILL  PREVAIL"  IT  DOES  N'T 
NEED  >OUR  ASSISTANCE. 
JU5T  LET  IT  ALONE.  TKT 

will  Help  You  a  Great 

DEAL  &EXTJ5EME  KIND- 
NESS WILL  HELP  YOU  To  KEEP 
UNWELCOME  TRUTHS  To 
YOURSELF.  DONT  LET  ANY 
ONE  KNOW  YOU  ARE  HONEST, 

they  willthink  you  are 
A*Comeon"andwilltake 


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THAT  MUSIC  HATH  CHARMS-  ThC   , 
PSYCHOLOGICAL  SECRET  QFREUGI0U5 

fervor,  \s  music- There  oi/ChtTobe 

(JOOD  MONEV IK  MUSIC (t^^Aw^'can) 

with  Money  we  Can  be  Generous 

AND  GOOD-  THE  ^CHER  WE  ARE  THE 
MORI  GENEROUS  WE  CAN  BE  AND 
THE  BETTER,  WE  CAN  BE:  AND  Of 
CoUfcSLTHE  HAPPtER- BECAUSE 

To  be  GooP  and  Generous  is 

THEOMYWAYToBEHAPPr.  IT  15 

Avm>LTDi£E  People  wmf^orHiNG 

BUT  MONEY 

BuSTZk  BfoWN 


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RESOLVED 
JTHAT  EVERY  DAY<5H0ULD,{ 
'K  VALENTINES  DAY  * 
#  BECAUSE  WE  SHOULD  HAVE 
#5WEETHEAR,TCALIYEAR 
O  ROUND.  LOVE  IS  AVERY 
REFINING  INFLUENCE.  IT 
SHOULD  BE  CULTIVATED 
AND  MADE  A  HABIT. 
■Some  one  .said 

/'HEPRAYETHBESTWHO 
LOVETHBESTALLllNGS 
J30TH  GREAT  AND  SMALL'? 
TRYToLoVE 
SOMEBODY  OR. 
SOME  THING, IT 
WJLL  KEEP  YOU 
HAPPY 

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that  Water,  will  ALWAYS 

FIND  WS  OWM  LEVEU.  50  WJLL 
EVERY  BODY  ELSE.  \gU  /IRE  JUST 
WHERE  Yo\J  BELOKG-lFTfoUDONT 

think  So  Ctr  busy and  Get out 

OF1T.   EVERYONE  15  DOING  JUST 
WHAT  HE  WANTS'  To  DaTHWTfcUE. 
JF  NOT,  WHY  NOT  You  ARE;  ASfREE  AS 
WATER  oRAIfc.  BBH  AND  PERSEVERE. 

Nothing  can  .STop^&u.  The  World 

IS  NOT  AGAINST  ANY ONE.THE\Jb&LD 
IS  TOO  BU5Y  LOOKING  OUT  Ft>fc  liar- 
-JELF.  CULTIVATE  A  HAPPY 
&1SP05ITION  AND  KEEP  BUSY 

BUSTER  BfcdWN. 


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RESOLVED 
THAT  WASHINGTON  WAJ  The 
FATHER  OF  HIS  COUNTRY  AND 

its  A  vise  Country  that 

KNOWS  ITS  OWN  FATHER..  THE 
THING  THAT  BoTHER.5  ME  IS  THAT 
HE  SHOULD  HAVE  GAINED  SO  MUCH 
REPUTATION  FOR,  JUST  TELLING 
THE  TRUTH  QNCE.THE  TRUTH 
MUST  BE  PRETTY  .SCARCE.  THEY 
CRUCIFIED  CHRIST  FOR  TELLING 
THC  SIMPLE  TRUTH.  SOMZ  MEN 
HAVE  TOLD  BIG  TRUTHS  EVERY 
DAY  OF  THEIR  LIVES  AND  HAVE 
NEVER  HAD  ANY  ATTENTION  PAID 
To  THEM  AT  ALL  IT  IS  A  FUNN  Y 
WORLD    BU5TER,  BEoVN. 


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Tvltil  AND  LIT 
IN  A  Ml  To? 


RESOLVED 
THAT  TlCE  LIKES  KITE  FLYING 
,$0  WELL  THAT  HE  15  JJMPLY 
CARRIED  AWAY  WITH  IT  HElS 
LIKE  LOTS  OF  OTHER,  PEOPLE , 
HCWtNTUPlNTHE  WORLD 
SUDDENLY  AND  RAPIDLY,  BUT 
IT  WAS  Too  MVCU  foR  HIM;  Fog, 
HEWENTUPJOUTH  END  FIRST. 

Now  brother,*,  beware:  OF  A 

5UDDEN  RISE  IN  THE  WORLD. 
THE  CHAP  DOES  NoT  BELONG 
AT  THE ToP  of  THE  LADDER- 
WHO  DID  NT  CLIMB  IT  toNESTLY 

Round  BY  ItouND.DoTHfTHiNO 

NEAREST  To^f5u  AND  DO HT  WELL 


THEfcE  LL  BE  A  BETTER  TA  S  K 
AWAIT/NG  YOU  WHEN  THAT  I  J* 
DONE.  IF  You  ARE  NEARJNG 
THE  ToP  OF  THE  LADDER. 
E>ONT  PUT  ON  AlfcS  WITH  THE 
CHAP  BELOW  YOU  IF  HI'S  COMING 
Y0UR.WAY_5U5TEft 


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RESOLVED 

That  j  cant  bear. to  think 
the  monkey  js  a  missing  link. 
1  think  the  missing  link  is  he 
who  is  so  bund  he  will  not  jt€ 
how  full  of  beauty  and  delight 
this  old  world  js  both  day  and  night 
s"opp05lthat  you  awoke  some  day 
to  find  your.  .sight  had  gohz  away- 
you  could  n't  seethe  sky  or.  sun . 
I  GUES5  You'd  think  That  all  The  Fun 

THIS  WORLD  CONTAINED  FORYoU  OR  ME 
]$  BEING  ABLE  JUSTToiEE. 

BUT  no  The  World  is  Full  of  Joy 

AND  HAPPINESS  ,F0R  YoU  MY  BoY 
IN  HEARING  Too,  AND  BEING  KJND  WILL 
BRING  YOU  HAPPINESS  YOU'LL  FIND,  IF 

Yov  BUTTRYiT.  PONT  Complain, 

THE  WORLD  IS  FULL  ENOUGH  OF  PAIN. 
BRACE  UPfORGETYoUfcSELF  AWHILE 
YOU  LOOK  MUGH  NICER,  Jfpi^WHEN 
YOU  JMILE 


rejolved 
that  april  15  a  month  of 
Sweet  promise,- all  except 
april  fools  day.  its  wrong 

To  Tool  PEOPLE.  IT  15  UNKIND 
AND  STUPID  To  FOOL  THEM. 
THE  VAYTo  .SUCCEED  15  NOT 

to  fool  people.  give  them 

100  cents  Worth  for  a  Dollar 

and  always  keep^ur word. 

honesty  is  the  best  policy 

it  15  the  only  policy  and 

to  fool  people  is  dishonest 

BUSTER  BRoWN 


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r'HERBERT  JPENCER.  S&S 
aiFtl5PEIirrcT  ADJUSTMENT; 
f-to  CMC'S  DIVIRDMMtNT 'AND' 
, 'HCNKf  DRUMMOWD^AW  THAT 
MmWESS  ISPCRrECTHARMoNm 
7V1TH  ONL'5COR,RE5PONDENCE5;  \ 

TWATJME,  All  EXCEPT  MY  &AI3  \ 
JUDGMENT  ABOUT  PICKING  OUT    ] 
'V^THINC5TODO.  BUT  1AM. 
'A    ALIVE  AND  HAPPY  IT5.A. 
HA&1T  WITH  ME  •_.  t 

BUSTCIt  5RDVN 


EE  .SOLVED 
A  MAN  MAY  HAVE  A  KING- 
-DOM 

IN  HIS  OWN  DEAR,  HEART  AND 
MIND 

AND  BE  AS  HAPPY  AS  A  KlNq 
IF  HE  IS  ONLY  KIND. 
A  POET  "WROTE  ABOUT  A 
MAN 

"who  never  Found  Content 

FOR,  HE  TooK  HIS  DISPOSITION 

WJTH  him 

EVERY  WHERE  HE  WENT  " 


EE.SOLVE.D  \1 

THAr  PRAYER-  ANSWERS  IXSCLr." 

naturally;  because  honest  prayer. 
1sdkjre  and  desire  for  a  thinc 
makes  vs  hu5tle  out  and  (jet  it. 
as  a  philosopher.  has  w/sely 
■sald"work,  is  the  only  prayer, 
that  js  ever  answered ''.  does 
not  our  Common  Sense  tell  us 
r-^THAT.  (Jot)  Would  n't  spade 

YOUR  GARDEN  ToR.YOU  IF  You 
PRAYED  TOR  A  YEAR-  BUT  HE'LL 
MAKE  IT  GBoV  VHICH  JS  THE 
ANSWER-  TO  THE  PRAYER.  YOU 
OFFERED  WHEN,  W  .SPADED  IT 
BU5TER. 


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^  The  house  ~  that  Jack  built  is  a 

M  HOUSE  A5  REAL  ASANYOTHEfU 

'®f  AND  mother,  Goose  is  just  as 

IMtfAL  A5 ANY  B0DY.S  MOTHER .   AND 
.SANTA  CL AU5 15  JUST  AS  TRUE  AS 
ANYTHING  CAN  BE- THE  GREATEST, 

,  PFORCES  IN  THJ5  WORLD  ARE  THOSE 
iLwE  CANNOT  .5EE.  ANDVONDERLAND 
W 15  ALL  ABOUT  WHEREVER  VE  AUW 
NF.  LOOK  j  THE  SYX,  THE  FLOWER  S  OR. 
&  TREES  OR  GRASS,  THE  LITTLE     m 
%  BABBLING  BROOK- THE  HUMAN  EYE 

S. WHICH  5EE5  ALLTHESE.THE  50UL, 

vhjch5ees  still  more,the  heart 
that  loves,  each  day  things  seem 
more  magic  than  before . 
Buster  Brown. 


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SINCE  1  CAN  TALK  To  ANIMALS 
AND  KNOW  JUST  WHAT  THEY  .SAY 
I  HAVE  LONG  CONVER.5ATION5.WITH 
THEM  NEARLY  EVERYDAY. 
THEY  NEARLY  ALWAYS  TELL  THE  TRUTH 
THATS  MORE  THAN  SbME  ToLKJ  DO., 
AND  ALL  THE  ANIMALS  I  KNOW 
ARE  VEfCf  GOOD  AND  TRUE .  1 
I  MET  OLD  MISTER,  FOX  LAST  NIGHT 
OUT  BY  THE  APPLE  TREE     ._ 
*SJTDOWN  HERE  BUSTER  BRoWN  HE 

SAID 
AND  CHAT  AWHILE  WITH  ME. 
*SAID  HE,  A  fbXDONT  LIKE  ToTSTEAL. 
HE  WOULD  N'T  LIE  OR  CHEAT, 
BUT  fOXES  ARE  LIKE  OTHER  FOLKS, 
THEY  HAVE  To  DRINK  AND  EAT. 
AND  PEOPLE  NEVER^ SEND  THEM 

.    ■  £  i.  GEESE, 

OR  ANY  KIND  OF  GAMEV; 
So  THEY  HAVE  To  GO  AND  GET  ITl, 
HUMAN  BEINGS  AfcE  THE  5AME. 
AN  OLD  GRAY  MULE  ToLt>  ME  ONE  DAY 
THAT  MULES  WOULD  NEVER  BALK, 
F  MEN  WOULD  ONLY  GIVE  TOCM 
JUST  AN  HONEST  GAME  OF  TALK, 


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injtead  of  picking  up  a  club 
which  certainly  15  wrong. 
<5*ajd  a  mule  was  never,  .stubborn 
tjlla  nigger  came  along, 
i vas  talking  to  a  pic  one  night 
Down  by  the  old  mill  dam^ 
he  jaid  he  Could  n't  understand 
why  we're  So  Fond  or  ham. 
Tor  there:  are  other  things  t&  eat 
l1k£  vecatables  or  pic . 
and  what*  the  use  or  killing  hogs 
Why  Not  wait  until  they  die  . 
the  otter  and  the  chipmonk 
the  possum  and  the  coom 

ARE  ALL  PARTICULAR  FRIENDS  or 

MINE; 
AND  OFTEN  WHEN  THE  MOON 
IS  SHINING  BRIGHTLY  OVERHEAD 
WE  MEET  DOWN  BY  THE  MILL 
WITH  MR. RABBIT,  MR».  SQUIRREL, 
THE  OWL  AND  WHIPPOORWILL 

and  ^pend  a  pleasant  evening 
ih  a  profitable  way 
discussing  books  and  music    , 
And  the  Gossip  of  the  day. 


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£ YoV WAHTTO  CULTIVATE 
A  METftMO  KIND  DISPOSITION 

Commence  Tomorrow  Mnino 

AT  BREAKFAST  WHEN  THE  COFFEE 
15  AWFUL-  ,  AND  NOTHING  IS  FIT 
To  EAT,  The  CAR.  VoNT  5ToF» 
FOR.  YoU  AND  You  HAVE  PICKED 
OUT  A  HANDKERCHIEF  THAT  IS 
FULL  OF  HOLES.  VHAIS  THE  USE 

ofgettjnq  mad. You're  not 
the  only  Thing  on  ea&tu 

EVERYBODY  HAS  HAD  ITwSf 


REJOLVE1D 
ITHAT  1  HAVE  NAILED  MY 
I  BOAT  ADVICE  SO  NO  ONE 
JWOULD  TAKE  IT.  THERE 
(HAVE  BEEN  SO  WANY 
j  BOATS  MI#ING  AfcOUND'j 
iHEfcE  LATELY.     BUTNQJ 
|  BODY  WILL  TAKE  ADVICE.' 
Itme  only  man  WHO  VILL 
|TAK£  ADVlCE'lS'  THE 
I  MAN  WHO  DOES  N'T.  NEED 

Jit  Y)u~can  get  ToMi  or 

"ADVICE  WHEN  You  DONT 
NEED  1L  BUT  DIRECTLY 
YoU  NEED  IT  YOU  MIWT. 
PAYWEtLTbRJT 

si      BU5TER.  5ROWN . 


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Cw? i  liver, 
vith  Bacon 

is  THt  V/AY 
1U  HAVE  AY 
CALf  AFTEfc 
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RESOLVED 
TWAT 1  VAS  KIND  To  TAKE 
THAT  VEAL  OUT  FOR,  A  WALK. 
J  DONT  KNOV  WHAT  I  SHAZL  . 
BE  VHEN I  GROW  UP,  BUT  I 
WONT  BE  A  CALF  MINDER,. 
I  HAVE  2  CALVES  ON  2  LEGS 
BVT  I  DONT  LIKE  ONE  CALF  ON 
4LEGS.VEAUSALLfcIGHT 
..1CASSEED,  BUT  AS  A  PAfcLOR, 
LAMENT  IT  JStfT  A  BIG 
SUCCESS. THms  A  DlFFf  ftENCe 
|BrrWEfcN  A  BoY  COW  AND  A 
CoVBoY.  BUSTEItBfcoWN 


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REJQLVED 
THAT  I'M  AFRAID  MABELIEVES  JN 
GHOSTS.  OH  WELL,  WE'VE  GOT  A  RIGHT 
To  BELIEVE  WHAT  WE  PLEASE  IN  THI5 
ENLIGHTENED  AGE-  (jHoSTS  CANT  DO 
ANYONE  ANY  HARM.  N0B0PYCAN  DO 
YoV  AS  MUCH  HARM  AS  YOURSELF,  ALL 
THAT  GLITTERS  IS  NOT {jOLD^LLThAT^ 
MYSTERIOUS  IS  NOT  GHOSTS.  Dli.UVDSOH 

Says  it  is  our  Subjective  mind!  but 

WHATEVER  IT  IS;  IT  IS  NO  MORE  WON- 
DERFUL THAN  ANY  THING  ELSE  IN  THI.S 
WORLD  OF  WONDERS.    I'M  GOING  To  BE 

good  ant)hndout  all  about  1tonthe 
other  .side  of  jordan,  we've  gota 
cheek  to  jay  we  disbelieve  any- 
-thing  in  This  age  of  wonders  . 
BU5TE&  B&OWN. 


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fRfSbLVED 
"HAT  JbME  DAYS  IN  OUR,  LIVE  S 
ARE  LIKE  GEMS.  SotAZ  ARE  ROSE 
TINTED  WHILE  OTHERS  AR.E  BLUE 
THEN  THE&E5  A  HO*5T  OF  DRAB  DAYS 
ThATDONTSEEMToCOUNT.  BUT 
NOW  AND  THEN  TO  BREAK  THE 

Monotony  Comes  A  BLACK. 

DAY-  THATS  THE  DAY  IT  RAINS  A 
^JSMAL  DAZZLE  AND  THE  WATER- 
BACK  >N  THE  RANCfE'&URSTi-     THt 
MILK  MAN  .LEFT  JOUR.  MILKTHAT 
WoRNJN(j  AND  THE)  CooK  HAS  A 
.SICK  HEADACHE  .You  MISS  JHZ 
TRAIN  AND  YOUR  M0£NJNG  MAIL 
CONTAINS  NOTHING  BUT  KICKS. 

thats  the  DAY  IT  Took  lots" 

Of  RESOLUTION. 

BLISTER, 


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£E  SOLVED 
THAT  MY  IDEA  OF  A 
iSYiWGSM  IS  THE 
'  TRUSTS'  MOTTO. 
THEY^AY  THEY  ARE- 
.,,     DOINd  THE  PUBLIC  GOOD. 
«    THAT5  RJ6HT  THEY  ALE 

v    DOING  the  public  Good 

;  I)    T}OEEFTRU5TJ5SELUN6 
i    OLD  VALL  STREET  BULLS 
FOR,  VEAL.  BUT  YOU  KNOV 
BETTEE  THAN  I  DO- 

BUSTEK  brown: 


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M^THAT  IF  VARIETY  IS 
v     "  A  THE^-SPICE  OF  LIFE  ", 
y  THEN  LIFE  IN  A  GREAT 
^METROPOLIS  ISA  PRETTY' 
"'HIGHLY  REASONED 
*  AFFAIR.  AND  BAD  FOR. 
JHE  DIGG5TON 

BU5TE&  BfcOWN 

THE-5JMPIX 
LIFE, 
TOR.  ME 


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RESOLVED 

THAT  I  hope  thet&e: 

WILLBCN0  5PANKINGS 
IN  HEAVEM.  NOT  EVEN 
VlTH  dOLDEN  mm- 
BRUSHES  5ET  WITH 
DIAMONDS 

BUSTER, 


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HI  NEVER, 
TRY  To  RIDE 

A  PIG 
AGMH 


BE  JOWED 

THAT  THEREJ  NO  USE  CASTINC 
PEARLS  BEFORE  5WME.  ^&U 
CANT  MAKE  A  SILK  PURSE  OUT 
OF  A  S"OW$  EAR*,  Ofc  You  CANT 
MAKE  A  PAfcLOfc  ORNAMENT 
OUT  OF  A  HOG.  ALL  OF  WHICH 
MEANS  THAT  THERE.5  No  USE  W 
PREACH/NC  To  PEOPLE  Till  THEY 
ARrBEADM"  BlCAUJE  EVERYONE 
IS  JUST  WNATWE  WANTS 15  BE . 
I  KNOW  WHY  CLEANLINESS  IS 
NEXT  To  GODLINESS,  BECAUSE. 
IT  MAKES  YOU  FEEL  ALMOST  AS 
GOOD  To  BE  CLEAN  AS  IT  DOES 

TOBEft^BUSTEHBROWN. 


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RESOLVED  THAT 
THE  HEIGHT  Of  CARELESSNESS 
IS  THE  SURGEON  WHO  iSEWS  UP 
HIS  PATJENTAND5EWSHIS 
WEDDING  RING  AND  HIS  NOTE 
BOOK  INSIDE  OF  HER-.  THEN 
COMES  AROUND  NEXT  DAY 
AND  RIPS  THE  WHOLE  JOB 
OPEN  To  dET  HIS  THINGS. 

people  have  no  business 
to  be  careless  when  they 
;are  working  for  others. 

BUSTER,  &KOVN. 


RESOLVED 
THAT  THE.  JEfcVANTjfllfcL 
PROBLEM  IS  THE  QUESTION 
OETHE  HOURAND  FIFTEEN 
MINUTES.   POOR  MA  HAS  TO 

keep'StealYnc' HERTHING^ 
BACK  FROM  THE  SERVANTS 
ASKA5TASTHEYJTEAL 
THEM  BACK  FROM  HER,.. 

BUT  What  are  You  Going 

ToPO-ABoUTIT? 

BUSTER  BRoWN. 


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RESOLVED -THAT  WHEN  I 
SHALL  DIE  AND  CIO  To  FACE  /AY 
MAKE.lt  I  5WALL  ONLY  HAVE 
ONE  THING  To  MAKE  'ME  HANG 
MY  HEAD  IN  vSHAME.  NOT  THAT 
I  JlNNED-To  ERR  16  HUMAN  — 

And  w  Poor,  little  «sins  hurt 

k)  ONE,  .flWE  PERHAR5MYJELF.) 
BUT  I  JHAIL  BE  ASHAMED  To  THINK 

GOD  put  me  in  This  lovely  World 

OF  HIS  WHERE  EVERYTHING  IS  SWU.T 
Mt>  BEAUTIFUL,AND  I  NAVE  SPENT 
Jo  MANY  IDLE  HOURS  WHEN  I  MIGHT 
DO  LIKE  ALLTHE  BIRDS  AND  BEES  AND 
FL0WEW,K  NAP PIWjJHPttMAC 
THE  BLESSINGS  THAT  ARE  MINE  ■ 


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RESOLVED 
THAT  WE  DONOTCilVE  ENOUGH 
THOUGHT  To  OUR  APPEARANCE 
OUR.  CL0THE5  ARE  OUR  CRED- 
-ENTIAL5.  HOV  ELSE  CAN  ONE 
JUDGE  US  AT  FIRST  ?  SHAKESPERE 
5AID*C05TLY  THY  RAIMENT  AS 
THY  PURSE  CAN  BUY*    ONE 
fEELS  MORE  .SA5.SY  AND  MORE 
CONFIDENT  VITH  TINE  CLOTHES 
ON.  AND  CLEANLINESS"  JS 
NEXT  TO  GODLINESS  BECAU5E 
ITMAKESYOU  FEEL  NEARLY  AS 

(JooD.     'BUTTER  BROWN. 


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WE  ARC  NONE  OFU5  ALWAYS"  RICMT 
^QMe  FELLOW  JAID"WHEJM  YOU 
KNOCK  AT  THE  DOOR  OF  SUCCESS 
DONT  BE  SURPRISED  If  mDOOR, 
JS  NOT  OPENED  QUICKLY    VQK- 
SVCCCSS  15 HARD  OF  HEARING  n 
THAT  15  NOT  TRUE 

SVCCZSS  IS  BUSY  AND 
AWAY5  VA5  BU5Y,  BESIDES 
YOU  DID  NT  KNOCK  TILL  HE  WAS 
SUCCESS.  AND  THEN  You  £»£ 
KNOCK  AT  WS  DooR,  AND 
BEHIND  HIS  BACK. 

BUSTER  BROWN. 


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THAT  EVERY  DAY  should  BE  THANK&WBW.  VE 
XHOVLDBE  THANKFUL  EACH  DAY  WE  CAN  SEt. 
<TUPW)$£Yol/ WERE  BLIND  AWHlLE,You'D  ONLY  WANT  YoU& 
jlGHT.  AND  You'D  cm  UP  ALL  FOR  It  WELL  IT  15  ONLY  ONE 
THING  YOU HAVEBBETWANKrULfofe.SOMEfOLKS CANT 

See  With  Good  EYes,BEcau5ethey  have  a  bad  disposition 
they  only  jee  toe  prosperity  and  mappin  €ss  or  other,  s 

THEY  DONT  SEETHAT  THE  OTHERS  WbRK,  HONESTLY*  EARNESTLY 

while  MY  At  Around  andkick.  come  Boysbethankful  you 

LIVE  IN  A3  A6E  WHEN  WE  CAN  BELIEVE  V/HAT  WE  PLEAS£  ANP 
SM  WAT  WE  PLEASE .  WHEN  REUSES  ANPSC1ENCE  ARE  THE 
OTIETHINO.  SUPERSTITION  a  IGNORANCE  JoRM  8c  CEREMONY 
AND  HATE  HAVE  OONC.  LOVE  AND  GOODWILL  ARE  WITH  V$ 

BUSTEfe  BfeOWH  ! 


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THAT  DR-UGGISTJ"  ARE  JUST 
LEGALIZED  RoBBEfcJ;  THEY 
.SELL  YOU  .SODA  AND  CANDY  To 
MAKE  YOU  &CK  THEN  THEY  JELL 
YoV  MEDICINE  To  MAKE  YbU 

Worse:,  Then  They  aid  and  abet 

THE  DOCTofc,  ALL  For.  4oo  Percent 
PROFIT.  OM !" DR.UCGISTJ9DRU6GIST5 

THINK  Of  THE  JUNIPER,  JUICE  AND 

SPlfciTS  ffcUMENTi  That  i$  JolD 
Fofc  MEDICINE-  NAY- NOJ  SPIRITS 

fRUMENTi  but  Wood  Alcowol  m 
l1c0wce,the  like  of  which  ne'er 
came  across  a  Bar.. 

BUSTER  BfcoV 


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THAT  IT  DOES  N'T  MAKE 
ANY  DIFFERENCE  WHAT  YoU 
BEUEVE.IT  IS  WHAT  YOU  DO. 
THE  DRUNKARD  BELIEVES 
THAT  TEMPERANCE  IS  A  GOOD 
THING.  IF  WE  ALL  LIVED  UP 

to  what  we  believe  what  a 
5weet  World  this  would  be. 

BECAUSE  EVERY  BODY  BELIEVES 
IN  HONESTY  VIRTUE  &  WORK 
BUT  THEY  PUT  OFF  PRACTISING 
IT  UNTIL— WELL,  TOOLATE. 

BUSTER  BROWN. 


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TWAT  WHAT  1  CANT  REMEMBER, 
I  PROBABLY  FOfcGET-  LET  VS 
ALL  fOKGlT  ALL  UNPLEASANT  THlNfiS 
THERE'S  Too  MUCH  UNPLEASANTNESS 
LOOSE  ON  THE  MARKET  NOW. 
SotAt  ONE  -SAID  fVToY  AND 

temperance  and  &eposc  , 
sl  am  the  Door  on  the  Doctors 
nose"  I've  got  the  joy  and 

TEMPERANCE, BUT  f'H  SHY  Oti 

reipose.  I'm  Com  to  organise  an 
"Oh'  be  Joyful  society  "it  will 
soon  empty  our  Hospitals 

BIOTER  BR,0WN 


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THE  KICKER. IS  A  JELF15H 
CHAP.  HE  15  MORE;  HE  IS  AN 
IGNORANT  ANDEGOTISTIC  AL 
HOG.  ToHIMTHEfcESNO 
ONE  ON  EARTH  BUT  HIMW. 
HE  \S  A  MULE".  HE  WlLlTEtL 

You  That  he  cets  What  he 
wants  by  kicking.  qh!  but 
who  wants' the:  Scowls 
and  corses  we  gets  ulth 

iT^WHOVANTjTHE'JbUK 
DJSPOilTiON  HE  HAS.  SOME 
DAY  ITWlLL  MAKE  HIM  SiCK 
HEMAY(<!C!iAT,ANDJXQLPA 
PWT/REDWAITEH.BUTHE 
DOES  NT  KNOW  THAT  THAT 
WAITER  (TET5  EVEN  BY MT 
WECTORATINO  IN  HIS 
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REJOLVED  ""^> 
*THAT  I  WILL  KEEPMYWORD/ 
IJF  I  HAVE  To  KEEP  JT  IN  COLD  \ 
.STORAGE- 1  WILL  KEEP  H"  TJLlJ 

IT.SP01LS-  BUT, NO.  because; 
THEN  TVOULD  BE A  BAD  WORD 
NEVER  BE  ITJA1D  OF  BUSTER. 
4  THAT  HE  .SHOULD  USE  A  BAD 
LWORD-  5TILL1S0METIMES  I 
3f  EEL  MY5ELF  YEARNING  FOR 
^sj  A  GOOD  5TR0NG  WORD  OF 
l^^e^^OME^  KIND.. 

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that  Love  is  the:  greatest  Thing  in 
The  World,  it  is  a  force  A  s  Potent  as 

THE  LAW  OF  6BAVJTATJON-  BUT  FRIENDSHIP. 
THERE  IS  NO  SUCH  THING- YoUR  FRIEND 
IS  THE  CHAP  WHO  SHOWS  UP  WHEN  HE  WANTS 
SOMETHING-  HE  BREAKS  WON  THE  QUIET 
OF>£>URHOME  AND  HONORS  >OU  WITH  ALL 
HIS  TROUBLE.  HE  PAYS  W  THE  GREAT 
COMPLIMENT  OF  ALLOWING  VOUT0L0AN 
HIM  THE  MONEY  OR  GET  HIM  A  JOB.    HE 
IS  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  VERY  TJtoUBLE 
HE-IS  IN  BUT  W  MUST  .SHARE  IT  WITH  HIM . 

while  You  Were  the  ant  he  was  the  gay 

GRASSHOPPER.  AH !  BUT HoW  ABOUT  THE 
ONE  WHO  HELPS  You  WHEN  Ycti  ARE  DOWN? 
PONT  HAVE  5UCH  FJJfENDS- IT  IS  .SELFISH 
or  YOU  To  BURDEN  THEM.  DONT  GET 

into  Trouble,  be  a  fairveathek, 

FRIEN0  AND  ONLY  WANT  TMTKMD. 
BUSTER.  BROWN. 
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EEJOLVED 
THAT  THE  PROPHET  Of  EAST  AURORA 

knows  A  tew  Things  and  he  5aid:'the 

ONLY  SEAL  SURE  ENOUGH  THING  IN 
THIS  WORLD  IS  IMAGINATION"  THAT5 
RIGHT-  THE  5NAKES  THAT  THE  D.T. 
VICTIM  HAS.  ARE  WORE  REALTo  HJM 
THAN  THE  REAL  SNAKE5  ARE  To  THE 
CHAP  WHO  DOESN'T  DRINK .  *AS  A  MAN 
THINKETH  IN  HIS  HEART  So  IS  HE" 
YOU  CAN  HAVE  ANY  DISEASE  You  LIKE  BY 
JUST  IMAGJN/7VG  YoU  HAVE  IT.    OR 
VICE  VERSA.  CET  YOUR  IMAGINATION 
KEYED.UPTOAHIGH  PLANE 

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RE50LVED 
THAT  I'M  GOING  TO  LEARN  ALL 
ABOUT  THINGS  -VEBSTER.  SAYS 
THAT''AFI5H  IS  AN  OVIPAROUS, 
VERTEBRATE,  AQUATJC  ANIMAL 
COVERED  WITH  -SCALES  AND  w 
BREATHING  BY  MEANS  OFGILLS''0EEJ 
HOW  DID  HE  FIND  THAT  OUT  ?  1  'LL 
BET  THERE  ABE  LOTS  OF  FELLOWS 
WHO  MAKE  A  LIVING  FISHING  WHO 

dont  know  that.  i'll  bet  that  a 
Fisherman  knows  somethings 
about  fish  that  webster  djd  n't. 

MORAL-  DONT  TELL  FISH  SToRIES, 
1T5  Too  EASY  lb  BELIEVE 

them  Yourself. 
BUSTER  BfcOWN. 


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THAT  A  3TITCH  IN  T/MEI  IS 

worth  two  in  the  b\j5h  as 
the  Rolling  stone  .said  as 
HE  tried  To  Gather,  some. 
Moss.  Which  only  proved 

THAT  THE  NEXT  TlAlE  I  DO  A 
THING  iVfoNTDoiT  OH,VELL 

nothing  Venture  nothing 
havp  5aid  the  mws  who 
is  as  good  asa  mile.  the" 
hardest  Thing  on  eaijtw  Tor 
some  people  is  to  be  easy.tbe 
easiest  thing  tor,  others 

IS  To  BE  HARD 

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that  i  vould  like  toKnow  • 
ju5twhyitjs  jome  things  abe  so. 
why  5h0uld  a  milkmaid  'be  forlorn, 
is  .she  not  busy  night  and  morn  ? 
can  people  who  have  work  to  do 
be  ever  lonely  ever,  blue  f 
work  15  the  best  thing  we  can  find, 
for,  health  of  body  peace  of  mind, 
why  is  it  any  one'5  forlorn  ? 
and  wish  that  they  had  not  been  born? 
DoTHEYnot  Know  They'll  weep  alone  ? 
this  world  has  got  a  heart  ofstone. 
if  they  but  laugh  they'll  have  a 

CROWD- 

50  LAUGIiDEAR  BROTHERS  GboDj|ND 

BUSTER 

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THAT  Too  MUCH  OF  A  GOOD 
THING  IS  A  CHESTNUT 

NOV  WATER  ISA  BLESSED 
THING:  NICE  DRINKING  WATER. 
FROM  THE  .SPRING.  ANDVHEN" 
YOU  BATHE  YOU  FACE  of?.  FEET 
NICE  WATER  15  A  LOVELY 
TREAT.  BUT  1  HAVE  HEARD 
Of  PE0PLE,V/HO  WWEBRcWNED 
IN  WATER  ;HAVNT  YOU? 
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the  doctor,  says  my 

HEART  iS  IN  THE  RIGHT 
PLACE  AND  THAT  IT  BEATS 
AIL  RIGHT.  HE  JAYJTWAT 
IT  BEAT5  THE  BAND.    HE 
SMS  I  HAVE  A  GOOD 
HEART  AND  THAT  WHEN  I 
DIE  THEY  WILL  Tf  AVE  To  TAKE 
K1YHEART  OUT  AND  KILL  IT 
WITH'  SUCKS.  THE  PREACHER 
THINKS.  THEY  OUGHT  To  DO 
IT  NOW.  BUT  m  WONT  LET 
'EM  BECAUSE  SHE  JAYJTWAT 
4  HEART  So  FULL  OF  LOVE  R>H 
J/ERYTHING  AS  MINE  JS  SHOULD 
BEAT  TOR  A  HUNDRED  YEARS. 
HURRAH  FOR.  MA  ! 

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REJOLVED! 

DEAR,  5ANTYCLAU5  MrXECoRD 
jhTlast  Year,  has  BEEN  RATHER. 

AJNSATJ5FACTORY,BUTirYoU  AR,E 

Kind  like  my  mother,  and  father, 

YOU  VJLLfoRGlVC  EVERYTHING.  To' 

"THE  PUKE  ALL  THINGS  ARE  PURE  YoU 

KNOW.   *HONI  501T  Oui  MALY  PENSE' 

or  .Something  like. that,  and 

5ANTY  1  DO  WANT  A  FEW  THINGS 
NOY ENOUGH  TO  MAKE  A  iPoJLEP 
AND  PAMPERED  CHILD  or  ME ,  BUT 
ENoUCH'Tb  MAKE  ME  HAPPY  AND 
FILL  MY  HEART  WJTH  LOVE  AND 
"6KATJTUDE,    DONTEoMETTHE 
•  BOXJNG  GjLoVE5. 

BUSTER,  BR,oWN, 


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